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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NWcorner, post: 3779990, member: 19191&quot;]I live in Bellingham and am a bit of local history buff. I dug into old local directories and other records to find information about Star Paint and Wall Paper. </p><p><br /></p><p>Star Paint and Wall Paper was sold in about 1907 to Seth A. Atwood who ran the business at the same location as Seth A. Atwood Paint and Wall Paper from that point on. I have found records of the business going back to 1894 (yes, 1884 was a typo). I suppose that Atwood may have continued to use a few of the old labels for a little while after he took over, but it seems unlikely that he&#039;d do so for long, as the Star name still belonged to a Seattle company which had mulltiple locations.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it seems that this painting would likely date from between 1894 and 1907.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although Bellingham in its present state didn&#039;t exist until later on, there was plenty going on here in the last half of the 19th century. Four towns -- Bellingham, Fairhaven, Sehome, and Whatcom -- consolidated as Bellingham. The area was first settled in the 1850s, so by the time Bellingham was incorporated in 1903, it already had a fairly long history.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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